Talk:Racism in football

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[edit] Lack of balance

At the moment this article infers that racism is only prevalent in Italy & Spain. As racism pervades most if not all societies it similarly appears in football all over the world, and over time. For instance, in England as far back as the 1930s, Dixie Dean received abuse from the crowd for his dark complexion; also many black players received racial abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. In the modern day (Eric Cantona & Patrick Vieira famously received racial abuse for being French while playing in England, from a Crystal Palace fan and Neil Ruddock respectively. There is also the infamous Ron Atkinson/Marcel Desailly incident. And that just covers football in England - I can imagine there are many more incidents I am not aware of from around the world and through time. There are also the related (but not mentioned) issues of hooliganism and sectarianism.

This is a half-decent history of racism in English football. I'm sure there are books out there which would give wider scope. Qwghlm 13:15, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


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Edit (sorry I can't figure out how to post). I'm a casual reader who happened upon this page. The entire page is a copy and paste from the website you just linked, http://www.le.ac.uk/snccfr/resources/factsheets/fs6.html

It is not even linked to or credited in any way. Something should be done about this.

Will try to work on editing, although in fairness it is referenced. GiantSnowman 02:45, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nothing wrong with the balance

Racism is rife in Spanish and Italian football with monkey chants being the norm at football games. The big difference between racist incidents in Spain, Italy and England is that in England they are challenged, in Spain and Italy they are ignored or the player who is racially abused is acused himself of causing the problem. When Spanish fans made monkey chants at England players during a recent international friendly the Spanish press accused the black players and the English press of making too much of it. When the Spanish coach made a racist comment about Henry again the blame was directed at the English media and Henry. Fact is Spain is living in denial concerning racism.

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